Domestic Violence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Frederick Wiseman
Randy Bell
John Davey
Victoria Garvin Davis
Lawrence Dodds
Tiffany Howard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Tampa Bay, Florida, the film begins and ends, in private homes where the police have been called to intervene in domestic disputes. In between, in a structure which moves through day to night, the film details the work of The Spring, Tampa's principal shelter for women and children. Sequences include intake interviews, individual and group counseling sessions, anger management training, staff meetings and conversations among residents and between residents and staff. As the women talk, a picture is built up of the patterns of power and control which underpin the relationships from which they are fleeing, and of the obstacles to their ability to escape. What is also revealed is the complexity of the tangled web of damage which encircles these women, and often their children too.
Director
Frederick Wiseman
Crew
Randy Bell
John Davey
Victoria Garvin Davis
Lawrence Dodds
Tiffany Howard
Margaret Kaltenmeier
Karen Konicek
Alexander Markowski
Marian Parry
Stephen Segaller
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 30, 2002
Released in United States Winter January 30, 2002
Aired in USA on PBS on March 18, 2003.
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (New Territories) August 29 - September 8, 2001.
16mm
color
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States January 30, 2002 (Film Forum; New York City)
Released in United States Winter January 30, 2002
